Your savory Saturday brunch links:
- Here is the presumptive Capitals lineup for tonight’s game against the Nashville Predators, and be sure to check out our SB Nation partner On The Forecheck for coverage from the other side of tonight’s match up.
- Japers’ Rink Radio hits the interwaves today at 10 Eastern. Pepper and Russell will wrap up training camp and the Caps’ first preseason win @ Columbus, look ahead to tonight’s contest in Music City, and welcome guest Scott Cullen, fantasy puck columnist for TSN.ca. [JRR]
- Here’s some fantasy rankings to get you started. [NHL.com, Sportsnet.ca, ESPN]
- Notes and whatnot from Friday’s practice. [OFB, bridgetds (pics)]
- Taking a look at the upcoming season’s numbers for Alex Ovechkin. [Capitals Outsider]
- Ovi’s gonna light up the ice with his spiffy new kicks. And light up the internets with this goofy new commercial. [Puck Daddy]
- On D, the kids are alright. And Tom Poti has their backs anyway. [WaPo]
- Tyler Sloan and John Erskine have been here before. [Masisak]
- The Swift Current Broncos are sending around milk cartons with Cody Eakin‘s picture on them. [Leader-Post]
- Former Cap Chris Bourque is doing just fine in Russia. Just. Fine. [Russian Hockey Fans]
- Pictures from Friday’s practice. [@ikeastan]
- Uncle Ted is ready for some hockey. [Ted’s Take]
- The Verizon Center is ready for a better set of schedulers. [Jumping the Glass]
- And the Caps are ready to show off all their homegrown goodness. [Dump ‘n Chase]
- Goalie coach Arturs Irbe becomes the first hockey player ever to be inducted into the San Jose Sports Hall of Fame. [Latvians Online]
- Meet Sean Parker, the Capitals’ Director of Social Media. [Ross Hollebon]
- In which the Capitals become a case study in how “getting good” influenced the secondary ticket sales market. [The Cato Institute]
- Further discussion of the Caps/Pens big gig on HBO. [OFB, Rock the Red, the CAPS lock, NESN.com]
- And some round tabling of breakout years and just who’s on the hot seat. [Kings of Leonsis]
- 30 in 30: Tom Poti… [Red Line Station]
- … and Dany Sabourin… [RLS]
- … and a look ahead to D.J. King‘s season. [Peerless]
- It’s nearly October, and we’re ready to hand out some hardware. [Red Line Station]
- Hockey for a good cause and with some amazing players in Hagerstown tonight. [Puck ‘n’ Hockey]
- The Volchinator turns 33 today. Have a happy one, Alexandre!